Starting Stats

[Eldrane]

OK so I went 5124 will I survive the game or did I make a bad mistake and need to start again?

[Du-Vu]

You can survive, just be careful about choosing options that you think might hurt you, save often and in different slots, and stock up on meds. You can also put a point or two into your Volition and Endurance stats. Remember you have a few seconds' grace to heal yourself (click the plus signs) when you take lethal damage.

[Eldrane]

If I did decide to restart what would you advise for a newbie play through?

[Du-Vu]

This game can change so much depending on your choices that I don't necessarily want to give you a build, but if you were to dump anything, I would probably suggest Motorics. Not that there's not cool stuff with Motorics, but... I feel like you miss the least? And can get decent bonuses from thoughts and clothes fairly easily.

Int is important for solving the mystery of the murder, Psyche is important for solving the mystery of your lost memory, Physique will help you avoid emotional and physical pain. You probably do want Perception and Hand/Eye Coordination, but you don't need them and you can build them up in other ways. Even if you don't have them, this is a game that's thematically about failure a lot of the time, so it's good to roll with the failures, play around them, accept that there are checks you can't unlock sometimes.

[Rialm]

yes you can survive, always have some way to heal yourself.

Originally posted by Eldrane:

If I did decide to restart what would you advise for a newbie play through?

any combination having two attributes with 4 and the other two attributes with 2.
like for example
4422
2244
4242
2424 etc
edit: any combination where your health is 2 or your morale is 2, it's still risky but not as much than your build. either way have some way to heal yourself.
the other reason, I imagine that checks/dialogues are unlocked depending the skill level from 2->4->6->8->... so it all depends of how fast you want a certain skill to appear.
but don't worry the game gives many ways to get this bonuses.

[Eldrane]

Think I’ve decided to go 2424 😊